These PMs are real:
Gurrty, do you have money for a good lawyer? Do you have his real name and address? [IANAL] Are there laws against usury in Thailand? A quick search turned up this: Under the Civil and Commercial Code of Thailand, oral loan contracts are valid if they are valued under 2,000 baht and witnessed by at least one person.
Loans value over 2,000 baht must be in writing and signed by the borrower.
The borrower is responsible for all costs associated with the loan. The contract is enforceable only upon the delivery of the property to the borrower.
Interest rates that exceed 15% are considered usurious and will not be enforced by the courts. The courts reduce excessive rates to 15%. You wouldn't be entitled to interest beyond 15% per year, but you're still owed the principal. Lawyer up. Consider booking plane tickets. |
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http://www.reddit.com/r/Ripple/comments/26ccz3/ripple_board_member_resigns/Hey ya'll. Jesse from Kraken here.
Today I have submitted my resignation from the Board of Ripple Labs. While I care about the people who work there and I wish the company the best, I cannot personally continue to support the business.
I believe that the technology and the protocol hold great promise, and have since the beginning, which is why I was the company’s first investor. Since Jed's departure, the management of the company has taken a different direction. Sadly, the vision Jed and I had for the project in the early days has been lost. I’m no longer confident in the management nor the company’s ability to recover from the founders’ perplexing allocation to themselves of 20% of the XRP, which I had hoped until recently would be returned. Prior to Jed's departure from Ripple, I had asked the founders to return their XRP to the company. Jed agreed but Chris declined—leaving a stalemate. This afternoon, I revisited the allocation discussion with the pair and again, where Jed was open, Chris was hostile.
As an investor, of course, I hope that Ripple Labs will overcome its hurdles and prove my lack of confidence misplaced. Unfortunately, unlike the founders, I don’t have swathes of XRP to dump if I don't think it's working out.
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http://www.reddit.com/r/Ripple/comments/26ccz3/ripple_board_member_resigns/Hey ya'll. Jesse from Kraken here.
Today I have submitted my resignation from the Board of Ripple Labs. While I care about the people who work there and I wish the company the best, I cannot personally continue to support the business.
I believe that the technology and the protocol hold great promise, and have since the beginning, which is why I was the company’s first investor. Since Jed's departure, the management of the company has taken a different direction. Sadly, the vision Jed and I had for the project in the early days has been lost. I’m no longer confident in the management nor the company’s ability to recover from the founders’ perplexing allocation to themselves of 20% of the XRP, which I had hoped until recently would be returned. Prior to Jed's departure from Ripple, I had asked the founders to return their XRP to the company. Jed agreed but Chris declined—leaving a stalemate. This afternoon, I revisited the allocation discussion with the pair and again, where Jed was open, Chris was hostile.
As an investor, of course, I hope that Ripple Labs will overcome its hurdles and prove my lack of confidence misplaced. Unfortunately, unlike the founders, I don’t have swathes of XRP to dump if I don't think it's working out.
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Ripple...
...I smell blood.
No shit.  |
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I'm putting what will be the future. Bitstamp adopted it, Fidor Bank adopted it, soon Kraken and Itbit and people are still doubting there is something interesting behind ripple ?
It is not a "get rich conspiracy blabla" and this is not centralized. It will take time for people to admit it but this is the truth.
Tell that to the Ripple founder, Jed McCaleb who just decided to SELL SELL SELL. Shit. The only credible competitor to Bitcoin. Just up and died. RIP ple |
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Congratulations. The price is well deserved. You all are doing a great job and I am expecting a lot of awesomeness in the future.  It's been all software awesomness to this point. Just wait till we get the hardware awesomness out  Waiting since 2012. |
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bzzard... help? I get blank (black) screen. Status report?
PS: btccharts.com remains the best charting service in the land. (except when it goes down for days at a time)
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Circle has to be the worst idea in Bitcoin history; a Bitcoin central bank to centralize a decentralized cryptocurrency!
Next thing we know, there will be a Bitcoin Federal Reserve, Bitcoin Fractional Reserve Banking and, of course, Bitcoin INFLATION!
Michael Moriarty
Circle sounds pretty good to me. Yay Circle! (I think Mr Moriarty here could have a spotty connection to either of truth or reality.) |
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I'm at a loss for words. This is just incredible. Shameful. USA, get your shit together. |
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for the next poll pls also add option
"join Russian federation"
There are two options: ☑ Join Russian federation.☑ Join Russian federation. |
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a $30mm investment round by the looks of it?
think it through, people. sheesh. Nice, but I would just have bought 75k more btc at this point.. (Hopefully Bitpay do) Perhaps they just did. We'll find out by Saturday. (When Mr. Galippi is takes the stage at Bitcoin 2014.) |
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All major Chinese exchanges being shut down.
In other words, a ban? |
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Let me reprhrase this then... Bitcoin bulls go one step further to tell you not only is Bitcoin risk-free but that if you aren't holding bitcoins, you are taking a risk because holding fiat is risky and bitcoin is clearly the way out of that risk. So bitcoin is not only risk free, but acts as an inverse risk. It is the infallible investment made in heaven and you you need to buy buy buy or die. They are not only going to quell your fears about holding bitcoin but make you fear NOT holding bitcoin. Because bitcoin is the solution for the apocalypse and when the system fails, bitcoiners will become filthy rich. It is the DESTINY. Bitcoin is like a rapture and you need to be on board or be left to perish.
Pretty much correct. Unlike most religions, however, you can choose to invest whichever portion of your assets you like, and trade the position in an out as you wish. This flexibility makes it difficult for traditional religions to compete. I think it's called 'monotheism'. Monocoinism: "There is no coin but Bitcoin and Satoshi is the messenger of God." |
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TO DA MOON!
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Fuck. I should have listened when they told me Bitcoin was a pyramid scheme.   |
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